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Date:   Fri, 5 Oct 2018 22:02:20 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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Subject: Re: [POC][RFC][PATCH 1/2] jump_function: Addition of new feature
 "jump_function"
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On Fri, 05 Oct 2018 21:51:11 -0400
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote:

> +#define arch_dynfunc_trampoline(name, def)	\
> +	asm volatile (				\
> +	".globl dynfunc_" #name "; \n\t"	\
> +	"dynfunc_" #name ": \n\t"		\
> +	"jmp " #def " \n\t"			\
> +	".balign 8 \n \t"			\
> +	: : : "memory" )
> +

Note, the assembler can easily put in a two byte jump here. The .balign
was suppose to also have some padding (nop) incase that happens. It's
fine, because we can just replace it with a 5 byte jump, as long as we
have 3 bytes afterward if it is a two byte jump.

-- Steve